<p>Manga Entertainment bring the Sci Fi Classic to the biggest screen!</p>
Written by Ross Locksley on 28 Aug 2020
Manga Entertainment have announced plans to release Akira on 4K in IMAX cinemas across the UK.
A dedicated website has been launched, Akira4K.co.uk where you can sign up for alerts and ticket sale information.
Check out the UK trailer below:
Synopsis:
Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is being rebuilt post World War III. Kaneda and Tetsuo, two high school drop outs, stumble on a secret government project to develop new weapons - telekinetic humans. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his 'peer', Akira, the project's most powerful subject, and determines to challenge him...
Ross founded the UK Anime Network waaay back in 1995 and works in and around the anime world in his spare time. You can read his more personal articles on UKA's sister site, The Anime Independent.
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